Letting Her Freak Flag Fly

A/N Here's more. I hope you like.

Chapter One

It was dawn and in a dorm room opposite Merlin's, a young girl awoke. She had long black hair, green eyes and was slender. Her name was Rosaria Pendragon and she was very friendly, kind hearted and smart but others were too scared of her.

Like her mother Ari, she had the appearance of an ogre but also had dragon wings from her back which were growing powerful by the day, breathed fire sometimes by accident and had magic.

She was eleven years old.

She'd been living with her grandfather Merlin and Inogen. She considered Inogen like a sister but Inogen although she loved her, was secretly ashamed of her for what she was.

Merlin loved her for who she was.

She reminded him of Marissa because she looked so much like her even with her dragon features that she'd gotten from her father Lorian.

He'd resumed teaching but also helped Rosaria learn to control her magical powers.

"Drat! I should've known she'd be curious about the jousting field and this place.

I hope nobody hurts her.

She may look like an ogre with dragon wings and breathe fire but she's just a child.

What damage could she do?" he told himself leaving his study.

Rosaria's eyes were wide as she watched the jousting team practise. To her, it seemed cool. Inogen smiled seeing her younger adopted sister hover onto the field using her tiny but powerful wings.

"This should be fun!" Inogen thought as she saw the jousting team freak out as fire burst from Rosaria's mouth accidentally scorching the team's armour.

"Get that little freak! Whoever let her here should've left her at home!" they said chasing her.

She giggled at that.

It was just like Tag.

But Marco nearly had her until somebody stopped them by making them freeze.

It was Merlin.

"I'm so glad you're not hurt!" he thought hugging the young girl.

"Why protect her?

She's a freak, a monster!

Lock her away!" he heard some of the students including Inogen yell. His eyes darkened seeing tears in Rosaria's emerald eyes. He knew she wasn't a monster, just a lonely and powerful child who wanted nothing but to be loved.

"She's only a child!

To her, it's just a game." Merlin said taking Rosaria by the hand and leaving the jousting field.

"Are you angry Dad?" she said sadly with tears emerging in her voice. He felt sorry for her. She was so like Marissa.

"No I'm not mad at you.

All those other people being mean to you made me angry. You're not a monster to me, you're just a very gifted child.

You remind me of somebody I knew." he told her softly as he tucked her into bed later that night.

"Who do I remind you of?" Rosaria asked him yawning, her emerald eyes full of wonder.

"My daughter Marissa. She looked like a human but had magic but...." he said.

"But what?" she asked curious.

"She was missing and it made me sad ever since." he answered kissing her as she fell asleep hugging a stuffed dragon.

It was her only friend.

He then left to talk to Principal Pynchley and the teaching staff of Worchester.......